No Escape from the Pull of the Eddy (image)

Caption

In his story "A Descent into the Maelstrom," Edgar A. Poe envisioned a stable belt of foam around a maelstrom. This served as inspiration for Haller and Beron-Vera, who went on to find these belts.

Credit

Harry Clarke, 1919

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